A Great Statesman Passes 1929

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Item title reads - A great Statesman passes. Empire mourns late Lord Rosebery, laid to rest in his beloved Scottish home Dalmeny. Edinburgh. Scotland.

M/S as officials and dignitaries walk slowly through town and into church. M/S as coffin of Lord Rosebery, (Archibald Primrose), is carried...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35796
Sort Number:
G 1611
Time in/Out:
01:33:12:00 / 01:34:17:00
Canister:
G 1611
Film ID:
790.22
Issue Date:
30/05/1929

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